Stephen Koch's meaningful life in service to a friend and the story told through Hujar's photos of a lost time, a lost New York, many lost people. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/a...

I’m sure I am one of many making archaeological discovery of a mummified Jan 25 NYTimes, revealed under today’s melting snow.

Very cool National Gallery posting closes 2/13. #GLAM data nerds, take notice! Collaborate with librarians, archivists, data scientists, registrars, and more to make collection data do dazzling things. Expanded descrip: jobs.code4lib.org/jobs/65883-c...

National Gallery of Art is hiring Collections Information Integration Specialist. In-person 3 yr project position, aligning & enhancing metadata from library archives & art object colls to facilitate creative discovery & access. Privately funded, grade 12, closes 2/13 www.usajobs.gov/job/855932000

This position deadline has been extended, now closing Feb 2. This job's got everything- library systems, cultural heritage metadata, digitization and IIIF, system integration and security, art, dedicated colleagues, AI experimentation, an IM Pei building... what more could you want?

National Gallery of Art in DC is looking for a Library Technology & Systems Architect. This is a great position for a creative collaborative systems librarian! Closes 1/26 www.usajobs.gov/job/854819800

Just learned about The Found Poetry Review. Not sure which is more of a downer- that it no longer exists or that a google search for it included a result from Gr*kipedia.

The Hechinger Collection being sold at Heritage Auctions is big news for DMV folks, a pretty fabulous corporate collection. Proceeds will go to International Art & Artists. fineart.ha.com/c/auction-ho... artdaily.cc/news/190009/...

What a contribution she made to the world of artists and art lovers. A librarian and visionary collector with her husband Herb. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Received exhib cat for Gordon Onslow Ford & Roberto Matta: La Dynamique intérieure, la sincère amitié. 1949 Ford purchased decommissioned ferry SS Vallejo, which became hub of artistic exchange and counter culture. Paging Colin Jost & Michael Che www.sausalitohistoricalsociety.com/2019-columns...

Reading this @404media.co piece points me to a Library Journal article from August about Amazon's "new online hub for libraries" including free MARC records. www.libraryjournal.com/story/amazon... 🫠

Attended the first 5 hours and wish I could stay til sundown. A meaningful shared experience in a meaningful location. Thanks @shineslike.bsky.social for amplifying the event and to all who participated ✨

Good tribute obit by Deborah Solomon about Jackie Ferrara. I got to know her work at the Phillips Collection. She sounds like she would have been great to know. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/a...

Supremely sad news, a loss way too young. Brilliant talent and fellow Richmond native. Listen to the 2014 masterpiece that is Black Messiah today. youtu.be/mVsQwJfWzoI

Me: Oooh, that looks like a good article! Let me email myself the link to read later. [send] Also me, 0.5 seconds later: Oooh, new email! Wonder who it could be? Oh.

Heaven, 1987, dir. Diane Keaton

Jill Lepore revisits the Smithsonian’s bicentennial 1976 “A Nation of Nations” festival, highlights some of its excellent content. Heartbreaking to consider in our current situation. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

If you give money to one of the premier big-city public radio or tv stations, consider becoming a regular contributor to a station in a smaller town where you may have once lived or grown up, or even just drove through once and tuned in. 📻

Dr. Carla Hayden has landed w/ @mellon.org as a Senior Fellow ... www.mellon.org/news/mellon-...

Opening for the amazing Mei Semones, John Roseboro boldly gets the audience to sing the chorus to a song they’ve likely never heard, bringing the charm offensive and just great music tonight at The Anthem.

I’ve kept a profile of Dr. Carla Hayden pinned to my office wall for 8 years. She has been, and will always be, a hero and inspiration to me.

Special Section: Museums- free from pesky copy editing

Brings to mind Christina Ramberg drawings www.artic.edu/artworks/154...

Way too interested in this new book that landed in my office: Letterlocking: The hidden history of the letter. Can I learn to perfect the dagger-trap letter fold??

Silver gelatin photographic papers (1890-2010) database, from Yale’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage: 📜📚 paperbase.xyz

A Black-owned museum set to take its place in a city of mostly white counterparts, the Salvage Arc Museum has a distinctive goal. buff.ly/IOJtYvF

A pleasure this morning to learn a bit about the fascinating Ursula Burghardt and Benjamin Patterson, Fluxus artists and subject of exhibition and fabulous catalog from Museum Ludwig, Köln. Exhib is up til Feb 5 www.museum-ludwig.de/en/home/exhi...

It's nice to hear Lorne Michaels *donated* his papers to the Harry Ransom Center. Lots of money in the "personal papers" business.

In which I, at 3:30pm on NYE, throw a search out to the internet for some thoughtful insight about MARC 022 $y "incorrect ISSN" and I find a full on blog post less than 6 months old from Ruth Kitchin Tillman. ruthtillman.com/post/marc-mi... 🌟 🙌

2024 gratitude: experiencing sunset while inside of James Turrell’s light work at Chapel Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof in Berlin

National Gallery of Art Library is looking for a Systems Librarian! ExLibris Alma/Primo VE admin experience, service mindset, collaborative team, work in an IM Pei building! Closes 3/22 www.usajobs.gov/job/778895500 (fed posting www.usajobs.gov/job/778136200) Spread the word!

Second book of 2024. Happy new year!

www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/u... Good antidote to today's overspending tradition 🗳️

Extended a week since this is a busy time of year, now closes 9/8! Join one of the world's great art museum libraries as a cataloger! Apply here: www.usajobs.gov/job/742929800

National Gallery of Art is looking for an experienced cataloger with a love of art history and metadata. This is a great job! #artlibraries #catalogers #libraryjobs #museumjobs #linkedopendata midatlantic.arlisna.hcommons.org/2023/08/21/j... Apply here www.usajobs.gov/job/742929800